From forensic to ballerina: Women of different professions about their work
The phrase "unmarried work" more and more often it sounds like a phrase from the past - no wonder even the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation announced that it would shorten the list of professions prohibited for women. We have collected stories of several heroines who are engaged in a variety of activities - from forensic science to social work, from conducting to professional dominance.
"Get out of the mud and mud": I became a model in 70 years
We talked with Olga Kondrasheva, who became one of the first age models of the Russian agency Olduska, about what it means to work in the industry at seventy-two years. In her portfolio - shooting in an advertising campaign for a network of hairdressing Birdie, photo shoots in the magazines Glamor and "Poster", as well as several shows at Moscow Fashion Week
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“What kind of job is it at all”: I'm a blogger manager on instagram
Work related to social networks may look like "some kind of self-indulgence." Anna Rogozhina, Instagram advertising manager, told how to cope with misunderstanding of others and what could cause professional burnout
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"Nobody makes pies of people": I work as a pathologist
We talked with the pathologist and balm Anastasia Immortal about work, black humor and about the attitude to death. In the text there are descriptions of what happens to the body after death, therefore we advise you to soberly assess your strength.
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"Some do not have time to come": I help people with HIV
Despite the fact that the times when there was no effective therapy were long gone, and modern drugs allow people with HIV to live a normal life, there are still many myths and prejudices around the infection. We talked with Elena Shastina, an activist and director of the autonomous non-profit organization for the prevention of socially significant diseases "New Life"
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"There was no desire to obey": I work Dominatrix
We have already talked about a conscious approach to BDSM and practices, and now we’ve talked with Vei Vesper, a professional dominatrix and a feminist who blog about her instagram adventures and YouTube channel
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"They told me that I" conduct as a man "": I manage the orchestra
Despite persistent calls to abandon age-old prejudices, women in the world of academic music are taken to be ignored. We talked to conductor Kristina Ishchenko about how strong gender biases are in her field.
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How women put out fires - and why they are forbidden
Firefighters are one of many professions prohibited for women by the Russian Ministry of Labor. This, of course, does not mean that there are no women in Russia who extinguish fires - they just often have to do it on a voluntary basis.
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“I haven’t gotten a hundred skeletons yet, I haven’t turned out awesome”: I work as a taxidermist
Some believe that only those who like to mock animals are engaged in taxidermy. We talked to taxidermist Margarita Chaika about how things really are
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"Victory over the opponent is more important than the title": I am a female MMA fighter
Yana Kunitskaya is one of the most recognizable Russian fighters in women's mixed martial arts. By the age of twenty she won several major tournaments in MMA, after which she took a pause of four years and returned to the profession
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"Be kind, we need to remove the ax": I work as a criminalist
Forensic experts are either confused with forensic scientists, or romanticized thanks to the cinema. We talked to forensic expert Ekaterina Romanova about how things really are, about the stereotypes of the traditionally “male” profession and about what the authors of films about the police are wrong about.
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"Television should teach empathy": I manage the TV channel
“At this kind of work, people are faced with creative problems that go beyond the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of tasks. Who are we? What are we? Where are we going? These questions arise regularly and need to be discussed.”
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"Tears in the past": I opened a ballet group for plus-size people
Alina Zvereva, a ballerina and founder of the Let's ballet studio, told how she once hated ballet and her own body, and then imbued with the ideas of body positive and opened the studio with a group for plus-size students
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"You have to pretend to be sick": I work as a simulated patient
One of the most effective methods for teaching medical communication is training with the participation of simulated patients, that is, actors playing the role of people who see a doctor. We talked with Julia Kaul, the simulated patient of the school of professional medical communication skills "Message"
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